It’s a euphemism that pays for other euphemisms. And no help at all to staff and students.
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Gun-control activist Gabrielle Giffords is star of new documentary
‘RBG’ filmmakers Julie Cohen and Betsy West turn their camera on the remarkable former Arizona congresswoman and survivor of a 2011 assassination attempt.
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Posted inNation & World, News
New report details missed chances to stop Uvalde shooting
A new report on the Uvalde elementary school massacre in Texas says a police officer had a chance to open fire on the gunman but missed it while waiting for permission to shoot.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Court’s ruling on N.Y. gun law missed the legal target
Nothing in the 2nd Amendment prevents states from regulating public gun carrying.
Posted inNation & World, News
Highlights of bipartisan gun violence bill signed by Biden
The law is wide-ranging but chiefly makes modest changes in existing programs.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Ghastly shootings, political forces align to prompt gun deal
Last month’s mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, have produced a groundswell for change in Congress.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: From under a desk, a silent student bears witness with a poem
The children are watching, a teacher pleads, and they can see we are not keeping them safe.
Posted inNation & World
Senate bargainers divided over details of gun deal
Democratic and Republican senators struggle to finalize details of a gun violence compromise in time for their self-imposed deadline of holding votes in Congress next week.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Lawmakers should ban assault-style weapons
The common factor in all mass shootings is not mental illness but access to guns, a child psychiatrist writes.
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Tentative Senate gun deal has surprises, and loose ends
The plan reflects election-year pressure to act, which both parties feel after mass shootings in May killed 10 people in Buffalo, New York, and 21 more in Uvalde, Texas.